22/10/2026
For our Rotokawa Baths whanau –
A lot of questions are coming in about Rotokawa Baths Trust finances. Here are some of the questions, and my responses after going through the affidavits from the baths trust chair, Veena Kameta, and treasurer Hayden Pore. If we follow the basic rule of thumb (follow the money) we sadly end up in dark tunnel struggling to see the light at the end of it! Transparency is obviously not something they value as trustees. Now this level of unaccountability and non-transparency can not be blamed on “minor administrative oversights or mistakes” as they appear way too often - more than half the time!
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 $𝟐𝟓,𝟒𝟐𝟏.𝟑𝟗 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 (𝐖𝐀𝐋𝐓) 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐰𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭, 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐕𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐚𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫?
About 60% (or $15,600) has not been accounted for due to their failure to provide receipts or proof of payments (eg, bank statement transactions). Click here for detailed analysis: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Qc-NLHey4471c_lf-2MHjTMNFjmAo7jQ/view?usp=sharing
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐖𝐀𝐋𝐓 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐰𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 $𝟏𝟓,𝟔𝟎𝟎?
$150,000 (that’s more than 500% of what they previously got from WALT).
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 $𝟏𝟎𝟓,𝟕𝟔𝟕.𝟗𝟕 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐰𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭, 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐕𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐚𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫?
None of it. They never included a financial report with their affidavits.
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐰𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐚𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫?
Don’t know. They never included a financial report with their affidavits.
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐰𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐕𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚’𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧-𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬?
Don’t know. They did not include the part of the tenancy agreements they have with her whanau that shows the rental amounts.
